The history of Emily Montague : in four volumes / by the author of Lady Julia Mandeville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789.

Contributor:

Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775, bookseller.

Powell, Samuel, -1775, bookseller.

Wilson, Peter, 1720?-1802, bookseller.

Wilson, William, active 1769-1801, bookseller.

Exshaw, John, -1776, bookseller.

Saunders, Henry, bookseller.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Québec (Province)--History--Fiction.

Québec (Province).

Genre:

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Burgh (bookplate) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Burgh, Florinda, -1830 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Burgh, Florinda, -1869 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

4 volumes ; 17 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

erre E.u! d.to dige (3) 1775 (R) v.1

ayke onng S.te shTh (3) 1775 (Q) v.2

hech edls d.id thra (3) 1775 (R) v.3

s.'s t.n- leof noin (3) 1775 (Q) v.4

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed for G. Faulkner, S. Powell, P. and W. Wilson, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders ... [and 7 others], MDCCLXXV [1775]

Notes:

"[T]he author of Lady Julia Mandeville" is Frances Brooke. Cf. ESTC.

Dedication signed: Frances Brooke.

Signatures: v. 1: pi² A-E¹² ; v. 2: B-F¹² G⁴ (leaf G4 blank) ; v. 3: A-D¹² E⁸ ; v. 4: A-D¹² E⁴.

Pagination: v. 1: iv, 120 p. ; v. 2: 125, [3] p. ; v. 3: 111, [1] p. ; v. 4: 103, [1] p.

Vol. 2 and 4 have caption titles only.

Describes the life of Canadian society just before the American revolution.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy bound in 2 vols.

Schimmel Collection copy: each bound vol. has on front pastedown contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of the Burgh family of Ireland (arms: or, a cross gules; crest: a mountain cat sejant proper, collared and corded; motto: A CRUCE SALUS).

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy: each bound vol. has on title leaf 2 autographs, "F: Gardiner" and "F Burgh" (first vol.) or "Florinda Burgh" (second vol.), probably the autographs of Florinda Gardiner (subsequently Burgh; d. 1830) and her daughter Florinda Burgh (d. 1869), both of County Kildare, Ireland.

Schimmel Collection copy: first bound vol. has laid in green Canadian 1-cent stamp with portrait of George V.

Schimmel Collection copy: each vol. bound in full contemporary sprinkled calf; blind-tooled cover edges; 5 raised bands on spine; gold-stamped red leather spine label with brief title and vol. number.

Cited in:

ESTC T212569

OCLC:

80160592